Kamloops kids’ poems recognized in New York Times contest

Shreya Sharma and Gracie Dempsey, Grade 9 English honours students at Brocklehurst Middle School, were among 61 teenagers who had their works singled out from a pool of 2,500 submissions to the newspaper’s Blackout Poetry contest

Two Kamloops students have been recognized by the New York Times for their poetry skills.

Shreya Sharma and Gracie Dempsey, Grade 9 English honours students at Brocklehurst Middle School, were among 61 teenagers who had their works singled out from a pool of 2,500 submissions to the newspaper’s Blackout Poetry contest.